Local high school football fans won’t have to wait very long for some choice matchups this fall.
Game of the week: Wilsonville at Thurston – 7 p.m. Friday
The first batch of weekly coaches polls were released Tuesday with Wilsonville at No. 1 and Thurston at No. 2 in the Class 5A rankings, and those two teams will meet up Friday night for a Week 1 heavyweight showdown in Springfield.
“That was the plan, to challenge ourselves right off the bat,” Thurston coach Justin Starck said. “If things go well, great, we will take that and build on it.